Florey Medal Honours Lifetime of Scientific Achievement

Florey Medal Honours Lifetime of Scientific Achievement

Western Australian molecular ophthalmologist Professor Elizabeth Rakoczy from UWA’s Centre for Ophthalmology and Visual Science and the Lions Eye Institute (LEI) is the recipient of the 2017 Florey Medal.

Professor Rakoczy propelled the pioneering research that led to the development of a new gene therapy for wet age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD). Learn more below